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WASHINGTON —
The 20 countries that make up the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility are as diverse and unique as any in the world, but they also present a vexing set of challenges, Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. told the Senate Armed Forces Committee.

SOUTHWEST ASIA —
The coalition will shift its focus in Iraq from enabling combat operations to sustaining military gains against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials said.

SOUTHWEST ASIA —
The campaign to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria achieved its most significant progress in 2017, and the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve looks forward to further success in 2018, coalition officials said.